id: 170871 accession number: 2013.343 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.343 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:36.781000 A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines, 1755. Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765). Gum tempera and gold on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.343 title: A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1755 creation date earliest: 1755 creation date latest: 1755 current location: creditline: Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection copyright: --- culture: India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century technique: Gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed in two places: on capital of central pillar: 'amal - i Fayzullah ("the workof Fayzullah"), and below: bi - qalam i Fayzullah Musavvir walad - i Faqirullah Musavvir dar sanna 1755 ("by the pen of Fayazullah the painter son of Faqirullah the painter in the the year 1755") translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 80, p. 263-66.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.343/2013.343_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.343/2013.343_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.343/2013.343_full.tif